Talk:Living in Extraordinary Times/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: K. Peake (talk · contribs) 12:08, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Since you have two album articles pending review, I think it is only fair for me to take one on! --K. Peake 12:08, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Infobox and lead

 * Replace hlist with bullet points in the infobox
 * Target rock to Rock music
 * "the band's 14th studio album Girl at the End of the World in 2014," → "the band's 14th studio album, Girl at the End of the World in 2016,"
 * "appearing partway through." → "appearing partway through the sessions."
 * "London, and lasted" → "both of which are in London, and lasted"
 * "and Charlie Andrew co-producing." → "and Charlie Andrew handling co-production."
 * "album with elements of" → "record with elements of"
 * "Living in Extraordinary Times drew comparison" → "the album drew comparisons"
 * "The album's music incorporates" → "The music incorporates"
 * "The album peaked at number 6 in the UK," → "It peaked at number six in the United Kingdom," per MOS:NUM
 * "in Belgium, Portugal, and the US." → "in Belgium and Portugal." since the US secondary chart is not notable for the lead
 * "a single in May 2018, and was followed by tour of the United Kingdom." → "in May 2018, and was followed by a tour of the UK."
 * "in July amid a" → "in July of that year amid a"
 * "Continuous touring – both headlining tours and festival appearances – saw" → "Continuous touring for the album, which consisted of both headlining tours and festival appearances, saw"

Background

 * Retitle to Background and development
 * "By July that year," → "By July of that year,"
 * "Following a UK tour in December," → "Following a tour across the United Kingdom in December 2016,"
 * Wikilink jam sessions
 * "had been doing on" → "had been doing on their 13th studio album"
 * "They intended to go" → "The band intended to go"
 * "the band planned to" → "James planned to"
 * "and as a result," → "and as a result of this,"
 * "The band accumulated over" → "James accumulated over"

Production

 * "Alt-J's debut album" → "Alt-J's debut studio album"
 * "agreed to record James"→ "agreed to record with James"
 * "acting as producers." → "serving as producers."
 * "handled recording with assistance" → "handled recording, with assistance"
 * "ran out of money and time" → "ran out of money as well as time"
 * "during October and November 2017 before" → "from October to November of 2017, before"
 * "flew back to the US." → "flew back to the United States."
 * "and Katie Earl, and were" → "and Katie Earl, and the recordings were"

Overview

 * "title Living in Extraordinary Times refers to" → "title, Living in Extraordinary Times, refers to"
 * "was his best lyrics" → "were his best lyrics"
 * "he had a lyric" → "he had a line"
 * "the lyric down spurred him to write more lines" → "the line down spurred Booth to write more lyrics"
 * "was later paired down" → "was later pared down"
 * "in some of the tracks," → "on some of the tracks,"
 * "was credited to Booth, Glennie, Davies, Hunter, and" → "was credited to the four of them and"
 * "A few years before," → "A few years previously,"
 * "This was aided by" → "The grooves were aided by"
 * Target rhythmic to Rhythm
 * "throughout the album." → "throughout Living in Extraordinary Times."
 * "did additional drum programming." → "handled additional drum programming."
 * "Adam Betts with additional percussion from Henri Davis" → "Adam Betts, with additional percussion from Davis"
 * Wikilink congas
 * Target Moog bass to Moog Taurus
 * Wikilink harmonium per MOS:LINK2SECT
 * Wikilink bass trombone per above

Tracks

 * ""Hank" recalls Depeche Mode," → ""Hank" recalls the music of Depeche Mode,"
 * "of the modern-day United States." → "of the modern-day US."
 * "of their album" → "of their fourth studio album"
 * "part 2 deals with" → "the sequel deals with"
 * Wikilink Father's Day
 * "first worked on it" → "first worked on the song"
 * "It opens with" → ""Coming Home (Pt.2)" opens with"
 * Target chorus to Refrain
 * "and the other with a" → "while the other had a"
 * "and as not as strong chorus." → "and an as not as strong chorus."
 * "to edit them together" → "to edit the jams together"
 * "The song opens with" → ""Leviathan" opens with"
 * Wikilink synthesizer
 * Target up-tempo to Tempo
 * Target electronic to Electronic music
 * Wikilink acoustic guitar instead
 * "builds up to the lyric," → "builds up to the line,"
 * "Slow-tempo track "How Hard the Day" that revolves around" → "The slow-tempo track "How Hard the Day" revolves around"
 * "which Diagram said serves as" → "with Diagram saying the ending serves as"
 * "end is coming"." → "end is coming."" for consistency
 * "in the demo version" → "on the demo version"
 * "along to them." → "along with them."
 * "repeatedly stuck by" → "repeatedly struck by"
 * Wikilink record label
 * ""too safe"." → ""too safe.""
 * Target hooks to Hook (music)
 * ""Mask" is the song most reminiscent ofJames' previous album, Girl at the End of the World," → ""Mask" is the song on Living in Extraordinary Times most reminiscent of Girl at the End of the World,"
 * "he wanted to work in" → "he wanted to work on"
 * "the band's Laid (1993) album." → "the band's fifth studio album Laid (1993)."
 * "always developing"." → "always developing.""

Release

 * Retitle to Release and promotion
 * "premiered on BBC Radio 6" → "premiered through BBC Radio 6" with the target
 * "alongside details of the Better Than That EP." → "alongside details of the band's EP of the same title."
 * "It came about" → "The EP came about"
 * "recorded on to their" → "recorded on their"
 * "of the EP was" → "of it was"
 * "for streaming between 4 April and 16 May, leading up to its May release." → "for streaming between 4 April and 16 May 2018, leading up to the May release." with the target
 * "was announced for that August." → "was announced for August 2018."
 * "the Better Than That EP, which includes" → "Better Than That, which includes"
 * Wikilink lyric video per MOS:LINK2SECT
 * "on 21 May." → "on 21 May 2018."
 * "debuted on" → "was debuted on"
 * "on 25 July;" → "from Living in Extraordinary Times on 25 July 2018;"
 * "on 3 August 2018 through" → "on 3 August 2018, through"
 * "the deluxe edition of the album includes" → "the deluxe edition includes"
 * "rejected several artworks for the cover." → "rejected several artworks."
 * "the final cover artwork." → "the final cover art."
 * Target acoustic to Acoustic music

Touring

 * "On 5 June," → "On 5 June 2018,"
 * "promote the album's release," → "promote the release of Living in Extraordinary Times,"
 * "to work at Netflix," → "to work for Netflix,"
 * "Following this trek," → "Following the tour,"
 * "In June, James played at" → "In June 2019, James played at the"
 * "Italy France," → "Italy, France,"
 * "ran into September." → "ran into September 2019."

Reception

 * "received generally favorable reviews from critics." → "was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics." with the target
 * "of 75 based on" → "of 75, based on"
 * The word similarly is not needed in the succeeding sentence
 * "of 6.7 based on" → "of 6.7, based on"
 * "James James"." → "James James.""
 * "witty lyrics", and" → witty lyrics," and"
 * "a tad long", it deserved" → "a tad long," the album deserves"
 * "were capable of" → "showed capability of"
 * "that saw James" → "that sees James"
 * "it is "a" → "the album is "a"
 * "said the album is a" → "wrote the album is a"
 * "at times"; the music, however, is mainly" → "at times," though called the music mainly"
 * "at number six in the UK." → "at number six on the UK Albums Chart." with the wikilink

Track listing

 * except "Coming Home (Pt.2)" by → except "Coming Home (Pt.2)", written by

Personnel

 * Are you sure the credits are listed correctly for James, as percussion comes second for Jim Glennie but first for Saul Davies?
 * That's the order they appear in the album booklet. Yeepsi (talk) 14:29, 30 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Additional musicians (cont'd) → Additional musicians (continued)
 * Are you sure Production shouldn't be titled Production and design?

Charts

 * Good

Final comments and verdict

 * after a nice review of one of your articles once again, should be fully able to pass soon once everything is fixed! --K. Peake 13:23, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Done. Yeepsi (talk) 14:29, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ after your consistent response! --K. Peake 16:27, 30 November 2020 (UTC)